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what is it?
A workshop unlike any other, given only once per year.
Graduates come away equipped to design and teach the most innovative and effective dog training classes in the industry. |
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why sign up?
To attract more business. Giving the best classes in town will create repeat business and rampant word of mouth for you. This workshop takes you beyond ‘the way it’s always been done.’
To be more effective. Your clients will retain learning better. As a result, they’ll train their dogs better and feel more successful. Everyone wins.
To invest in the future. With the knowledge and skill to design better classes from scratch, you can take your business forward. Now, and ten years from now.
To enjoy your work. Calm, focused learning environments are fun. Shrieking kids, distracted dog owners, and barking dogs are not. |
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the curriculum
Human Learning Theory: Constructivist Learning Theory provides an organizational framework for explaining how people make sense of complex ideas and gives us direction in developing curriculum.
Curriculum Theory: Including scaffolding and goal-based curriculum development, inform our work and lead to effective classes.
Curriculum Development: Approaches such as Backwards Planning give us a structured, step-by-step way to create classes and alleviate the stress of staring at blank pages wondering where to start.
Classroom Management: Innovative approaches to challenges such as reactive dogs, unruly children, interruptions, students who are off task, side conversations, etc., all but eliminate these worries and teach you how to create a calm, focused, fun learning environment. |
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what the grads say
"Your curriculum design class was the missing piece in my education and REALLY helped me grow as a teacher. I can't thank you enough for what I got out of it." –John Buginas, SF/SPCA Academy Instructor
“One of the most valuable learning experiences I’ve had.” -Laurie Routhier
“Great course! I’ll use these skills to refine all my previous classes and to create new ones.” -Erin Laughlin
“I recommend it to anyone teaching classes. Wonderful!” -Laura Meyers
"Veronica is simply the Best. This class not only gave me the confidence to move forward in designing curriculum for dog training classes but I was able to use her method and ideas to create and organize other aspects of my dog business, too. I recommend the Curriculum Design Workshop to anyone wanting to create a new class or improve a current one." –Almudena Ortiz Cue, CHACO Dog Training & Behavior Consulting
" I plan to use the approaches I learned not only to plan future courses, but also as a guide for learning any new skill!" –Brenda Gummeson |
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A recent class
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| What You Get |
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A Class Curriculum of Your Own Design |
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A Classroom Management Plan of Your Own Design |
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The knowledge and skill to repeat the process |
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A Certificate of Completion |
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Curriculum Project Binder |
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CD of All Materials and Worksheets |
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| Who's Teaching? |
 Veronica Boutelle, MA Ed., CTC, and former Director of Behavior & Training at the San Francisco SPCA, holds a Master’s degree in education. Before teaching dog trainers how to design new and better classes she taught classroom management and course design to graduate students.
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Gina Phairas
 Gina Phairas, BSc Comms, CTC, is a former San Francisco SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers instructor and a trainer with extensive experience in the dog service industry.
Gina has taught hundreds of public dog training classes, has designed many class curriculums, and has instructed students in course design and classroom management at the Academy. |
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Denise Mazzola
 Denise Mazzola served for 10 years as the Head Trainer and Director of Business for the Monadnock Canine Academy, where she designed and taught a six day program for beginning dog trainers. She holds multiple training credentials including the CPDT, CAP Level 2, Rally Obedience Level 3, and a CDX. Denise has extensive curriculum design and dog training class experience and brings a wonderful mix of wisdom and humor to sharing it with others. |
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What If I Can't Go?
If California is too far away or the dates don’t work for you, not to worry.
We consult with dog pros on curriculum design and classroom management over the phone. |
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